Calls to scrap ‘corrupt’ Haiti election
10:13 AM Monday Nov 29, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink Nearly all the major candidates in Haiti’s presidential election called for today’s election to be voided amid allegations of widespread fraud. There are also reports that large numbers of voters were turned away from polling stations throughout the quake-stricken country. Twelve of the 19 candidates endorsed a joint statement denouncing the voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country’s Provisional Electoral Council, known as the CEP. The statement included all of the major contenders but one: Jude Celestin, who is backed by the Unity party of…
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